CVE-2026-42402

Red Hat statement

This flaw is rated Moderate because Apache Neethi, as used in Red Hat products, is susceptible to a denial of service. Remote attackers can provide malicious WS-Policy documents, leading to an algorithmic complexity issue during policy normalization. This results in unbounded memory allocation, exhausting the JVM heap and causing service unavailability. In order to exploit this vulnerability, the attack should have enough privileges in the targeted system to include the maliciously crafted policy document or trick the user to consume it.

Red Hat mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.